WRT54G v. 6 continues to drop connection

I have a WRT54G v 6 router and have installed the latest firmware(Oct 2009), however my connection continues to drop even though I have full "green bars" sitting next to my router. My DSL is with ATT and the connection to the modem is working fine.
In my Basic Setup screen in 192.168.1.1 I have it set to PPOE connection(with my user name/password) and Keep Alive period set to 30 secs.
The Local IP address is set to 192.168.1.1  and DHCP server is set to "Enable". Client Lease time is set to 0.
In the Static DNS boxes they are all showing "0's".
While I type this, the wireless is working fine, but I know it will drop in about 10-20 minutes and I will need to reboot. This issue started about 2 weeks ago and I thought the firmware update would help but it has not.
Can anyone help?

Connection is dropping only on wireless or it is dropping on wired also?
If it is dropping only on wireless then you can try changing some advanced wireless settings on the router.
Open the setup page of the router. Go to wireless tab and click on Advanced wireless settings sub tab. Change the Beacon interval to 75, RTS threshold to 2307 and fragmentation threshold to 2306. Save the settings.
You have already upgraded the firmware on your router.
After upgrading the firmware on the router, it is recommended that you should reset the router and reconfigure it. Press and hold the reset button on the router for 30 seconds. Release the reset button and wait for 30 seconds. Power cycle the router and reconfigure it.

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